Tag: easy crafts
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How to Make Name Cards (With a Secret Message)
For as long as I can remember, my mom has made name cards for holiday dinners. Sometimes she paints our names, sometimes they are written in her beautiful handwriting, and there have definitely been times when she’s pulled out her calligraphy pen and made the name cards extra fancy. In light of this, as I…
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Kid’s Table Craft: Table Runner
After I made napkin rings for the kid’s table, I had an entire cereal box that was crying out to be used. And since we were so busy decorating the kid’s table, I figured a table runner was definitely in order. You mean, your kid’s table doesn’t have a table runner? Oh well, I still…
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Kid’s Table Craft: Napkin Rings
The kid’s table. In some families, it’s a thing of legend. The tables off to the side covered in paper so the kids can draw on the “tablecloth”, the paper plates in bright, festive colors at each setting, and the centerpiece that ends up being a source of entertainment for the little ones. Whether or…
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Lovely Fall Crafts to Make This Year
Fall is in the air here in the Pacific Northwest. Seemingly overnight, we went from wearing shorts to searching for our sweatshirts. The leaves have burst into color and are fluttering to the ground, and I’m sipping extra cups of tea because it just feels fitting to drink tea when it’s raining and cool outside.…
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How to Make Felt Food
Have you seen the cute felt food you can buy for imaginary play these days? I’ve been wanting to buy my daughter something like this for a while but the price always holds me back. Okay, the sheer volume of tiny elements that can be easily lost also holds me back. I know that, in…
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How to Paint Map Pins
Welcome to the first week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 10 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make over the weekend. Be sure to check back each week for new projects! Do you have a package of plain map pins that need a little sprucing up? I know,…
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Make a Wooden Bead Bracelet
Welcome to the fifth week of my Summer Crafting series. Every Friday for the next 5 weeks, I’ll be sharing easy crafts you can make over the weekend. Be sure to check back each week for new projects! This is a project I’ve been wanting to make for a looooong time. I first came across…
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Make a Decorated T-shirt
A few weeks ago, I noticed my daughter’s t-shirts were becoming crop tops. How in the world did that happen? This was a sad discovery since I had just emptied a couple of bags of hand-me-downs into her dresser drawers. I went through them again and realized that some of those cute tops would have…
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Make a Doll Tutu
This is such a cute no-sew project! Make a doll tutu for ANY doll, even American Girl dolls. You can even use this same concept to make a matching tutu for the little girl in your life. Little girls and tutus go hand in hand, right? And you can’t go wrong with making an extra…
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Make a Clay Matching Game
Have you ever made a homemade matching game? Many years ago, I used to make them with the kids I babysat. We would draw pictures of like objects on little squares of paper and when we were finished, we would play the game. Folks, it’s the simple things. I always liked the idea of choosing…